Bill and Ted

Bill & Ted
DVD covers of the Bill & Ted films Excellent Adventure (left) and Bogus Journey (right)
Bill & Ted
Directed by	Stephen Herek (Excellent Adventure) Peter Hewitt (Bogus Journey)
Produced by	Scott Kroopf (both films) Michael S. Murphey Joel Soisson (Excellent Adventure)
Written by	Chris Matheson Ed Solomon
Starring	Keanu Reeves Alex Winter
Music by	David Newman
Release date	February 17, 1989 – present
Running time	183 minutes (both films, in total)
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$30 million (both movies, in total)
Box office	$78.5 million (both movies, in total)

Bill & Ted is a series of two films (and their spin-offs) featuring William "Bill" S. Preston Esq. (Alex Winter) and "Ted" Theodore Logan (Keanu Reeves) as two metalhead slackers who travel through time. The first Bill & Ted film, Excellent Adventure, was released on February 17, 1989, followed two years later by Bogus Journey. A third film has been in the works since 2010, but there is no current release date.

In 1990, a spin-off animated television series Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures was produced with Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves reprising their roles. A second season featuring none of the original cast was made in 1991 followed by a short-lived live-action television series in 1992. The characters have also featured in other media including several video games and a comic book. Since Orion Pictures is defunct, MGM now owns the rights to Bill & Ted.

Excellent Adventure introduces Bill Preston and Ted Logan who are trying to write a history report, and encounter a traveler from the future who gives them access to a time machine (shaped like a telephone booth) which allows them to travel back in time and where they meet historical figures and learn about key historical events. If Bill and Ted fail to pass, their teacher will have to flunk them and Ted's father will transfer him to an Alaskan military academy. In this movie, it is also revealed that Bill and Ted are in a band called Wyld Stallyns.

Bogus Journey sees Bill and Ted being killed by robot doubles who capture their fiancées, and their attempts to get back from the afterlife by challenging the Grim Reaper to a series of games. Bill and Ted (along with the Grim Reaper) eventually return to present-day Earth just prior to the Wyld Stallyns' performance at the Battle of the Bands, which takes place later that night.